Ex-Coronation Street and Hollyoaks star Chris Fountain reveals he suffered a mini stroke

Chris Fountain, best known for his roles on Hollyoaks and Coronation Street, has revealed he suffered a mini-stroke earlier this year.

Doctors told the actor he had suffered a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) - known as a mini stroke - after a blood clot lodged in his brain.

Taking to Instagram, Fountain said: “This is a video I never thought I’d be doing. I woke up and I was on the phone to my mum and I couldn’t quite get my words out.

“I just thought I was tired and I said to my mum, I’ll just call you back. I was thinking of words but I just couldn’t say them and thought this is weird.

“Then I started walking around my house just like naming objects.There was a towel on a door frame, and in my head I thought, that’s a towel, but to try and say it, I couldn’t say towel, which is quite an easy word to say.

“Then, I stood in front of the TV and again in my head I was like ‘that’s a television’ and then I was trying to speak out loud.